Comments on: DNC Looks To Exploit McCain's "$5 Million" Comment

[kname2]

hmmm,...$5 mil a year sounds rich to me...I think y''all are reading wayyyy too much into this. The more worrisome comment is that only 3 to 4% make $250K a year.

[notintaxachu]

McCain is correct. It''s not up to the government to decide who is rich....$250,000 is a lot of money if you live in Mississippi, Alabama, Texas, the goes on. It''s not a lot of money in the Northeast, or California!! Whose out of touch now?? Talk to individuals in NYC who can''t buy an apartment for a family for less than $1 million.

[elevando]

Can this commercial even be considered a swing and a miss. C''mon, DNC, it is a Democratic year and this is the best you''ve got?

Us Hillary supporters are offended by not only the way you treated the Clintons during the primary, but your gross mismanagement of the Obama campaign. The problems always start at the top. Pelosi and Dean have to go.

[getcentered]

The mismanagement of the American "brand" has been recognized by the American electorate, and can be seen in the facts related to the huge number of Congressional seats now "in play." Reports confirm that scores of additional Republican Congressional districts are now considered ready to shift away from the failures of a "Republican" administration that has spent the nation into near bankruptcy.

Big spending Republicans are directly to blame. That''s right, Borrow and Spend, Republicans. What happened to fiscal conservatism? ...ask George W. Bush!!

Normally, Congressional seats are not influenced by American foreign policy blunders, but today, a combination of rising unemployment and skyrocketing gas prices have awoken the American voter to the fact that there is a direct connection between Republican foreign policy and economic crises here at home. Our economy and our children''s future have been mortgaged to China, so Bush could pay for HIS WAR.

The results seem to be pointing toward a tsunami of voter rejection for Republican candidates who are properly seen as aiding and abetting the Bush War in Iraq and the wholesale transfer of American jobs overseas. Blind support by Republicans for Bush has exacerbated our economic crises. And, the Republican "old hands" know it; they are retiring from Congress in droves.

[chatchoocho1]

I guess the Dems need to make an issue out of something, Obama was trounched in the debate even though they both were given the subjects covered before-hand.
I guess the truth is above his "pay grade". looks like obama is trying to lose the election, Joe Biden as V.P. Come on, choose anyone else.
And the NBC "Cone of Silence flap", they must be in a "Cone of Stupidity", at least Olympic coverage is good, can''t say the same for objectivity. Go Fox News.

[pete691982]

what about Obama''s $25 million comment? he was obviously joking as well, but nobody''s distorting that.

[ap_htown]

With an elite like McCain with income of way more then $5mil he thought 5mil is a conservatively accepted number tobe considered rich only to know most americans won''t make this much in their lifetime let alone in a single year. Shows how out of touch McCain is from the average working american family.

[timofmars1]

Translated McCain:

"Gee, yes, Obama''s cuts will provide more tax breaks to 80% of Americans than my plan, and his plan will provide 800 billion in additional revenue while mine will result in 600 billion additional deficit... But at least I won''t raise anyone''s taxes, and I will just tell you that I want to raise revenues magically while giving the vast majority of breaks to those making over 5 million.

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[getcentered]

Will the Real Tax-and-Spender Please %u2019Fess Up?

%u201CMcCain is picking the areas where rates go up and ignoring the areas where Obama is trying to rebalance the tax code so that taxpayers would save,%u201D said John Irons, research and policy director at the Economic Policy Institute, which is generally viewed as sympathetic to working families. Mr. Irons said that %u201Cthe important thing is to look at overall impact on people%u201D and that on this score, %u201Cthe vast majority of the population, almost the entirety of the middle class, would see more from Obama than McCain.%u201D

Economists have also criticized the methodology behind Mr. McCain%u2019s assertion that Americans from all kinds of backgrounds could end up paying thousands of dollars more in taxes if Mr. Obama got his way. Several criticized him as apparently basing his claim on an average figure in which, as Mr. Irons said, %u201CBill Gates is mixed with you and me, and everything gets skewed.%u201D

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/13/us/politics/13check.html


On drilling, taxes and the economy......I''ve found that McCain will lie right to your face with no fear of retribution from the media.

[allurfears]

Cindy McCain needs every penny to ensure she can continue spending $75,000 per MONTH on her credit cards.

ANYONE who thinks these ELITISTS give d*mn about the American Middle Class are fooling themselves.